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Hedge Fund Manager Dan Loeb Beats The Market: 3 Stocks In Focus

Written by: Kapitall01/14/13 - 6:40 PM EST

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HLF MS TSO

Dan Loeb’s Third Point funds outperformed the market again. In addition to citing luck, Loeb wrote in his letter that his fund follows a framework that encourages being opportunistic. Instead of following the headline stories, the group researches more deeply, to uncover idiosyncratic and uncorrelated opportunities. For example, Greek debt holdings generated strong returns for Third Point, because the fund researched the economic and political factors. This led to holding Greek debt was then tendered during a debt buyback in mid-December 2012.

A drop of nearly half in just one month provided an entry point for Loeb’s fund. The stock dropped after a short-seller publicized a bearish thesis on the company. Third Point holds 8% of the common stock. Loeb sites growth, a leading market position, rising margins, and demonstration to shareholder-friendliness as reasons for owning a position in the company.

Loeb does not believe the accusation that the company is a fraud and a pyramid scheme has merit. Herbalife has a forward price of profit (“POP”) of 9.